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drug–nutrient interaction

 
Food and Nutrition: drug-nutrient interactions

Deficiency caused by effects of drugs on the absorption or metabolism of vitamins or minerals. Sometimes this is the mode of action of the drug in treating the disease; in other cases it is an undesirable side-effect.

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Alterations in nutritional status can affect drug metabolism; some drugs can affect nutritional status.

 
 

 

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Food and Nutrition. A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. Copyright © 1995, 2003, 2005 by A. E. Bender and D. A. Bender. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more